AP WORLD HISTORY COURSE OUTLINE 2013-2014 * SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE *
Week of August 26th
Chapter 1: Early Humans and the First Civilizations
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz
Week of September 2nd
Chapter 2: Ancient India
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class DBQ Essay
Week of September 9th
Chapter 3: China in Antiquity
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 2 and Ch. 3)
Week of September 16th (only 2 days)
Chapter 4: The Civilization of the Greeks
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class DBQ Essay
Week of September 23rd
Chapter 5: The First World Civilizations: Rome, China and the Emergence of the Silk Road
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 4 and Ch. 5)
Week of September 30th (only 4 days)
Chapter 6: The Americas
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class DBQ Essay
Week of October 7th (only 4 days)
Chapter 7: Ferment in the Middle East – The Rise of Islam
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 6 and Ch. 7)
Week of October 14th
Ch. 8: Early Civilizations in Africa
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Compare & Contrast Essay
Week of October 21st
Ch. 9: The Expansion of Civilization of South and Southeast China
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 8 and Ch. 9)
Week of October 28th
Ch. 10: The Flowering of Traditional China
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Compare and Contrast Essay Week of November 4th
Ch. 11: The East Asian Rimlands – Early Japan, Korea and Vietnam
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 10 and Ch. 11)
Week of November 11th
Ch. 12: The Making of Europe
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Compare & Contrast Essay
Week of November 18th
Ch. 13: The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 12 and Ch. 13)
Week of November 25th (only 4 days)
Ch. 14: New Encounters – The Creation of a World Market
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Continuity and Change Over Time Essay
Week of December 2nd
Ch. 15: Europe Transformed – Reform and State Building
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 14 and Ch. 15)
Week of December 9th
Ch. 16: The Muslim Empires
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Continuity and Change Over Time Essay
Week of January 6th (only 4 days)
Ch. 17: The East Asian World
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 16 and Ch. 17)
Week of January 13th
Ch. 18: The West on the Eve of a New World Order
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Continuity and Change Over Time Essay
Week of January 20th
Ch. 19: The Beginnings of Modernization – Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 18 and Ch. 19)
Week of January 27th (only 3 days)
Ch. 20: The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Document Based Question Essay
Week of February 3rd
Ch. 21: The High Tide of Imperialism
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 20 and Ch. 21)
Week of February 10th
Ch. 22: Shadows Over the Pacific – East Asia Under Challenge
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Compare and Contrast Essay
Week of February 17th
Ch. 23: The Beginning of the Twentieth Century Crisis – War and Revolution
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 22 and Ch. 23)
Week of February 24th
Ch. 24: Nationalism, Revolution and Dictatorship – Asia, the Middle East and Latin America from 1919 – 1939
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Continuity and Change Over Time Essay
Week of March 3rd
Ch. 25: The Crisis Deepens – WWII
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 24 and Ch. 25)
Week of March 10th (only 4 days)
Ch. 26: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Document Based Question Essay
Week of March 17th
Ch. 27: Brave New World – Communism on Trial
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 26 and Ch. 27)
Week of March 31st
Ch. 28: Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Compare and Contrast Essay
Week of April 7th
Ch. 29: Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 28 and Ch. 29)
Week of April 14th (only 4 days)
Ch. 30: Toward the Pacific Century?
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Continuity and Change Over Time Essay
* SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE *
Week of August 26th
Chapter 1: Early Humans and the First Civilizations
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz
Week of September 2nd
Chapter 2: Ancient India
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class DBQ Essay
Week of September 9th
Chapter 3: China in Antiquity
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 2 and Ch. 3)
Week of September 16th (only 2 days)
Chapter 4: The Civilization of the Greeks
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class DBQ Essay
Week of September 23rd
Chapter 5: The First World Civilizations: Rome, China and the Emergence of the Silk Road
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 4 and Ch. 5)
Week of September 30th (only 4 days)
Chapter 6: The Americas
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class DBQ Essay
Week of October 7th (only 4 days)
Chapter 7: Ferment in the Middle East – The Rise of Islam
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 6 and Ch. 7)
Week of October 14th
Ch. 8: Early Civilizations in Africa
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Compare & Contrast Essay
Week of October 21st
Ch. 9: The Expansion of Civilization of South and Southeast China
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 8 and Ch. 9)
Week of October 28th
Ch. 10: The Flowering of Traditional China
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Compare and Contrast Essay
Week of November 4th
Ch. 11: The East Asian Rimlands – Early Japan, Korea and Vietnam
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 10 and Ch. 11)
Week of November 11th
Ch. 12: The Making of Europe
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Compare & Contrast Essay
Week of November 18th
Ch. 13: The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 12 and Ch. 13)
Week of November 25th (only 4 days)
Ch. 14: New Encounters – The Creation of a World Market
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Continuity and Change Over Time Essay
Week of December 2nd
Ch. 15: Europe Transformed – Reform and State Building
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 14 and Ch. 15)
Week of December 9th
Ch. 16: The Muslim Empires
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Continuity and Change Over Time Essay
Week of January 6th (only 4 days)
Ch. 17: The East Asian World
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 16 and Ch. 17)
Week of January 13th
Ch. 18: The West on the Eve of a New World Order
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Continuity and Change Over Time Essay
Week of January 20th
Ch. 19: The Beginnings of Modernization – Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 18 and Ch. 19)
Week of January 27th (only 3 days)
Ch. 20: The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Document Based Question Essay
Week of February 3rd
Ch. 21: The High Tide of Imperialism
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 20 and Ch. 21)
Week of February 10th
Ch. 22: Shadows Over the Pacific – East Asia Under Challenge
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Compare and Contrast Essay
Week of February 17th
Ch. 23: The Beginning of the Twentieth Century Crisis – War and Revolution
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 22 and Ch. 23)
Week of February 24th
Ch. 24: Nationalism, Revolution and Dictatorship – Asia, the Middle East and Latin America from 1919 – 1939
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Continuity and Change Over Time Essay
Week of March 3rd
Ch. 25: The Crisis Deepens – WWII
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 24 and Ch. 25)
Week of March 10th (only 4 days)
Ch. 26: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Document Based Question Essay
Week of March 17th
Ch. 27: Brave New World – Communism on Trial
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 26 and Ch. 27)
Week of March 31st
Ch. 28: Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Compare and Contrast Essay
Week of April 7th
Ch. 29: Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East
- Discussion and/or Activity
Multiple Choice Quiz (Ch. 28 and Ch. 29)
Week of April 14th (only 4 days)
Ch. 30: Toward the Pacific Century?
- Discussion and/or Activity
In-Class Continuity and Change Over Time Essay
Week of April 21st
Review or Flex Week
Week of April 28th
Review or Flex Week
Week of May 5th (only 3 days)
Review or Flex Wee
Week of May 12th
Review or Flex Week
EXAM ON FRIDAY MAY 16th
Week of May 19th
Week of May 26th
Week of June 2nd (only 4 days)
Week of June 9th (only 4 days)